List of Countries by Population

List of countries by population

Note: All dependent territories are shown in italics.

Rank / Country (or dependent territory) / Population / Date / % of world
population / Source
1 / China[7] / 1,354,040,000 / December 31, 2012 / 19.17% / Official estimate
2 / India / 1,210,193,422 / March 1, 2011 / 17.13% / 2011 census
3 / United States / 315,250,000 / February 1, 2013 / 4.46% / Official population clock
4 / Indonesia / 237,641,326 / May 1, 2010 / 3.36% / 2010 census
5 / Brazil / 193,946,886 / July 1, 2012 / 2.75% / Official estimate
6 / Pakistan / 182,118,000 / February 1, 2013 / 2.58% / Official population clock
7 / Nigeria / 166,629,000 / July 1, 2012 / 2.36% / UN estimate
8 / Bangladesh / 152,518,015 / July 16, 2012 / 2.16% / Official estimate
9 / Russia / 143,369,806 / January 1, 2013 / 2.03% / Official estimate
10 / Japan / 127,460,000 / January 1, 2013 / 1.8% / Monthly official estimate
11 / Mexico / 112,336,538 / June 12, 2010 / 1.59% / 2010 census
12 / Philippines / 92,337,852 / May 1, 2010 / 1.31% / 2010 census
13 / Vietnam / 87,840,000 / July 1, 2011 / 1.24% / Official estimate
14 / Ethiopia / 84,320,987 / July 1, 2012 / 1.19% / Official estimate
15 / Egypt / 83,847,000 / February 1, 2013 / 1.19% / Official population clock
16 / Germany / 81,923,000 / July 31, 2012 / 1.16% / Monthly official estimate
17 / Iran / 77,120,000 / February 1, 2013 / 1.09% / Official population clock
18 / Turkey / 75,627,384 / December 31, 2012 / 1.07% / Official estimate
19 / Democratic Republic of the Congo / 69,575,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.99% / UN estimate
20 / Thailand / 65,926,261 / September 1, 2010 / 0.93% / 2010 census
21 / France[8] / 65,635,000 / November 1, 2012 / 0.93% / Monthly official estimate
22 / United Kingdom / 63,181,775 / March 27, 2011 / 0.89% / 2011 census
23 / Italy / 60,870,745 / June 30, 2012 / 0.86% / Monthly official estimate
24 / South Africa / 51,770,560 / October 9, 2011 / 0.73% / 2011 census
25 / South Korea / 50,004,441 / July 1, 2012 / 0.71% / Official estimate
26 / Myanmar / 48,724,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.69% / UN estimate
27 / Colombia / 46,901,000 / February 1, 2013 / 0.66% / Official population clock
28 / Spain / 46,815,916 / November 1, 2011 / 0.66% / 2011 census
29 / Ukraine / 45,560,251 / December 1, 2012 / 0.65% / Monthly official estimate
30 / Tanzania / 44,929,002 / August 26, 2012 / 0.64% / 2012 census
31 / Argentina / 40,117,096 / October 27, 2010 / 0.57% / 2010 census
32 / Kenya / 38,610,097 / August 24, 2009 / 0.55% / 2009 census
33 / Poland / 38,538,447 / December 31, 2011 / 0.55% / Official estimate
34 / Algeria / 37,800,000 / January 1, 2013 / 0.54% / Official estimate
35 / Canada / 35,002,447 / October 1, 2012 / 0.5% / Official estimate
36 / Uganda / 34,131,400 / July 1, 2012 / 0.48% / Official estimate
37 / Iraq / 33,330,000 / July 1, 2011 / 0.47% / Official estimate
38 / Morocco / 32,804,900 / February 1, 2013 / 0.46% / Official population clock
39 / Sudan / 30,894,000 / April 22, 2008 / 0.44% / 2008 census
40 / Peru / 30,135,875 / June 30, 2012 / 0.43% / Official estimate
41 / Malaysia / 29,585,000 / February 1, 2013 / 0.42% / Official population clock
42 / Uzbekistan / 29,559,100 / January 1, 2012 / 0.42% / Official estimate
43 / Venezuela / 28,946,101 / October 30, 2011 / 0.41% / 2011 census
44 / Saudi Arabia / 28,376,355 / July 1, 2011 / 0.4% / Official estimate
45 / Nepal / 26,494,504 / June 22, 2011 / 0.38% / 2011 census
46 / Afghanistan / 25,500,100 / January 1, 2013 / 0.36% / Official estimate
47 / Ghana / 24,658,823 / September 26, 2010 / 0.35% / 2010 census
48 / North Korea / 24,554,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.35% / Official estimate
49 / Yemen / 24,527,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.35% / Official estimate
50 / Mozambique / 23,700,715 / July 1, 2012 / 0.34% / Official estimate
51 / Taiwan[9] / 23,315,822 / December 31, 2012 / 0.33% / Monthly official estimate
52 / Australia / 22,890,192 / February 1, 2013 / 0.32% / Official population clock
53 / Syria / 21,949,000 / February 1, 2013 / 0.31% / Official population clock
54 / Ivory Coast / 21,395,000 / July 1, 2009 / 0.3% / Official estimate
55 / Madagascar / 20,696,070 / July 1, 2011 / 0.29% / Official estimate
56 / Angola / 20,609,300 / July 1, 2012 / 0.29% / Official estimate
57 / Sri Lanka / 20,277,597 / March 21, 2012 / 0.29% / 2012 census
58 / Cameroon / 19,406,100 / January 1, 2010 / 0.27% / Official estimate
59 / Romania / 19,043,767 / October 20, 2011 / 0.27% / 2011 census
60 / Kazakhstan / 16,897,000 / December 1, 2012 / 0.24% / Monthly official estimate
61 / Netherlands / 16,775,273 / November 30, 2012 / 0.24% / Monthly official estimate
62 / Chile / 16,572,475 / April 9, 2012 / 0.23% / 2012 census
63 / Niger / 16,274,738 / July 1, 2012 / 0.23% / Official estimate
64 / Malawi / 15,883,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.22% / UN estimate
65 / Burkina Faso / 15,730,977 / July 1, 2010 / 0.22% / Official estimate
66 / Ecuador / 15,414,200 / February 1, 2013 / 0.22% / Official population clock
67 / Guatemala / 14,713,763 / July 1, 2011 / 0.21% / Official estimate
68 / Mali / 14,528,662 / April 1, 2009 / 0.21% / 2009 census
69 / Cambodia / 14,478,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.2% / UN estimate
70 / Zambia / 13,092,666 / October 16, 2010 / 0.19% / 2010 census
71 / Zimbabwe / 12,973,808 / August 17, 2012 / 0.18% / 2012 census
72 / Senegal / 12,855,153 / July 1, 2011 / 0.18% / Official estimate
73 / Chad / 11,274,106 / May 20, 2009 / 0.16% / 2009 census
74 / Cuba / 11,163,934 / September 15, 2012 / 0.16% / 2012 census
75 / Belgium / 11,139,292 / November 1, 2012 / 0.16% / Official estimate
76 / Guinea / 10,824,200 / July 1, 2010 / 0.15% / Official estimate
77 / Greece / 10,815,197 / May 24, 2011 / 0.15% / 2011 census
78 / Tunisia / 10,777,500 / July 1, 2012 / 0.15% / Official estimate
79 / Portugal / 10,562,178 / March 21, 2011 / 0.15% / 2011 census
80 / Rwanda / 10,537,222 / August 15, 2012 / 0.15% / 2012 census
81 / Czech Republic / 10,513,209 / September 30, 2012 / 0.15% / Official estimate
82 / Bolivia / 10,389,913 / November 21, 2012 / 0.15% / 2012 census
83 / Haiti / 10,085,214 / July 1, 2010 / 0.14% / Official estimate
84 / Hungary / 9,957,731 / January 1, 2012 / 0.14% / Official estimate
85 / Somalia[10] / 9,797,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.14% / UN estimate
86 / Sweden / 9,551,781 / November 30, 2012 / 0.14% / Monthly official estimate
87 / Belarus / 9,460,700 / December 1, 2012 / 0.13% / Monthly official estimate
88 / Dominican Republic / 9,445,281 / December 1, 2010 / 0.13% / 2010 census
89 / Benin / 9,352,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.13% / UN estimate
90 / Azerbaijan / 9,235,100 / January 1, 2012 / 0.13% / Official estimate
91 / Burundi / 8,749,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.12% / UN estimate
92 / Austria / 8,458,023 / July 1, 2012 / 0.12% / Official estimate
93 / Honduras / 8,385,072 / July 1, 2012 / 0.12% / Official estimate
94 / United Arab Emirates / 8,264,070 / July 1, 2010 / 0.12% / Official estimate
95 / South Sudan / 8,260,490 / April 22, 2008 / 0.12% / 2008 census
96 / Switzerland / 8,014,000 / September 30, 2012 / 0.11% / Quarterly official estimate
97 / Israel / 7,968,300 / November 30, 2012 / 0.11% / Monthly official estimate
98 / Tajikistan / 7,800,000 / January 1, 2012 / 0.11% / Official estimate
99 / Bulgaria / 7,364,570 / February 1, 2011 / 0.1% / 2011 census
100 / Serbia / 7,241,295 / January 1, 2012 / 0.1% / Official estimate
101 / Hong Kong (China)[11] / 7,136,300 / July 1, 2012 / 0.1% / Official estimate
102 / Papua New Guinea / 7,059,653 / July 10, 2011 / 0.1% / 2011 census
103 / Libya / 6,469,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.092% / UN estimate
104 / Laos / 6,465,800 / July 1, 2012 / 0.092% / Official estimate
105 / Paraguay / 6,337,127 / July 1, 2010 / 0.09% / Official estimate
106 / Jordan / 6,260,300 / February 1, 2013 / 0.09% / Official population clock
107 / Togo / 6,191,155 / November 6, 2010 / 0.088% / 2010 census
108 / El Salvador / 6,183,000 / June 30, 2010 / 0.088% / Official estimate
109 / Sierra Leone / 6,126,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.087% / UN estimate
110 / Nicaragua / 6,071,045 / June 30, 2012 / 0.086% / Official estimate
111 / Denmark / 5,599,665 / October 1, 2012 / 0.079% / Quarterly official estimate
112 / Eritrea / 5,581,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.079% / UN estimate
113 / Kyrgyzstan / 5,551,900 / July 1, 2012 / 0.079% / Official estimate
114 / Slovakia / 5,445,324 / September 30, 2011 / 0.077% / Official estimate
115 / Finland / 5,429,380 / February 1, 2013 / 0.08% / Official population clock
116 / Singapore / 5,312,400 / July 1, 2012 / 0.075% / Official estimate
117 / Turkmenistan / 5,170,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.073% / UN estimate
118 / Norway / 5,066,000 / February 1, 2013 / 0.072% / Official population clock
119 / Ireland / 4,588,252 / April 10, 2011 / 0.065% / 2011 census
120 / Central African Republic / 4,576,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.065% / UN estimate
121 / Georgia[12] / 4,497,600 / January 1, 2012 / 0.064% / Official estimate
122 / New Zealand / 4,454,300 / February 1, 2013 / 0.063% / Official population clock
123 / Costa Rica / 4,301,712 / June 3, 2011 / 0.061% / 2011 census
124 / Palestinian territories[13] / 4,293,313 / July 1, 2012 / 0.061% / Official estimate
125 / Lebanon / 4,292,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.061% / UN estimate
126 / Croatia / 4,290,612 / March 31, 2011 / 0.061% / 2011 census
127 / Liberia / 4,245,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.06% / UN estimate
128 / Republic of the Congo / 4,233,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.06% / UN estimate
129 / Bosnia and Herzegovina / 3,839,737 / June 30, 2011 / 0.054% / Official estimate
130 / Puerto Rico (USA) / 3,706,690 / July 1, 2011 / 0.052% / Official estimate
131 / Kuwait / 3,582,054 / December 31, 2010 / 0.051% / Official estimate
132 / Moldova[14] / 3,559,500 / January 1, 2012 / 0.05% / Official estimate
133 / Panama / 3,405,813 / May 16, 2010 / 0.048% / 2010 census
134 / Mauritania / 3,378,254 / July 1, 2012 / 0.048% / Official estimate
135 / Uruguay / 3,286,314 / September 30, 2011 / 0.047% / 2011 census
136 / Armenia / 3,278,100 / September 1, 2012 / 0.046% / Monthly official estimate
137 / Lithuania / 2,979,310 / January 1, 2013 / 0.042% / Monthly official estimate
138 / Albania / 2,821,977 / October 1, 2011 / 0.04% / 2011 census
139 / Oman / 2,773,479 / December 12, 2010 / 0.039% / 2010 census
140 / Mongolia / 2,736,800 / July 1, 2009 / 0.039% / Official estimate
141 / Jamaica / 2,709,300 / December 31, 2011 / 0.038% / Official estimate
142 / Lesotho / 2,217,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.031% / UN estimate
143 / Namibia / 2,104,900 / August 28, 2011 / 0.03% / 2011 census
144 / Latvia / 2,070,371 / March 1, 2011 / 0.029% / 2011 census
145 / Macedonia / 2,059,794 / December 31, 2011 / 0.029% / Official estimate
146 / Slovenia / 2,058,410 / February 1, 2013 / 0.029% / Official population clock
147 / Botswana / 2,024,904 / August 22, 2011 / 0.029% / 2011 census
148 / Gambia / 1,825,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.026% / UN estimate
149 / Qatar / 1,757,540 / October 31, 2012 / 0.025% / Official estimate
Kosovo / 1,733,872 / March 31, 2011 / 0.025% / 2011 census
150 / Gabon / 1,564,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.022% / UN estimate
151 / Guinea-Bissau / 1,520,830 / March 1, 2009 / 0.022% / 2009 census
152 / Trinidad and Tobago / 1,317,714 / July 1, 2010 / 0.019% / Official estimate
153 / Estonia / 1,294,455 / December 31, 2011 / 0.018% / 2011 census
154 / Mauritius / 1,237,091 / July 3, 2011 / 0.018% / 2011 census
155 / Bahrain / 1,234,571 / April 27, 2010 / 0.017% / 2010 census
156 / Swaziland / 1,220,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.017% / UN estimate
157 / Timor-Leste / 1,066,409 / July 11, 2010 / 0.015% / 2010 census
158 / Fiji / 858,038 / July 1, 2012 / 0.012% / Official estimate
159 / Cyprus[15] / 838,897 / October 1, 2011 / 0.012% / 2011 census
160 / Réunion (France) / 821,136 / January 1, 2010 / 0.012% / Official estimate
161 / Djibouti / 818,159 / May 29, 2009 / 0.012% / 2009 census
162 / Guyana / 784,894 / July 1, 2010 / 0.011% / Official estimate
163 / Equatorial Guinea / 740,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.01% / UN estimate
164 / Comoros / 724,300 / July 1, 2012 / 0.01% / Official estimate
165 / Bhutan / 720,679 / July 1, 2012 / 0.01% / Official estimate
166 / Montenegro / 620,029 / April 1, 2011 / 0.0088% / 2011 census
167 / Macau (China)[16] / 568,700 / June 30, 2012 / 0.0081% / Official estimate
168 / Western Sahara (Morocco) / 567,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.008% / UN estimate
Transnistria / 555,347 / November 18, 2004 / 0.008% / 2004 census
169 / Solomon Islands / 553,935 / July 1, 2012 / 0.0078% / Official estimate
170 / Suriname / 539,910 / July 1, 2011 / 0.0076% / Official estimate
171 / Luxembourg / 524,900 / December 31, 2011 / 0.0074% / Official estimate
172 / Cape Verde / 491,875 / June 16, 2010 / 0.007% / 2010 census
173 / Malta / 416,055 / November 20, 2011 / 0.0059% / 2011 census
174 / Guadeloupe (France) / 403,355 / January 1, 2010 / 0.0057% / Official estimate
175 / Martinique (France) / 394,173 / January 1, 2010 / 0.0056% / Official estimate
176 / Brunei / 393,162 / June 20, 2011 / 0.0056% / 2011 census
177 / Bahamas / 351,461 / May 3, 2010 / 0.005% / 2010 census
178 / Iceland / 320,060 / April 1, 2012 / 0.0045% / Official estimate
179 / Maldives / 317,280 / July 1, 2010 / 0.0045% / Official estimate
180 / Belize / 312,971 / May 12, 2010 / 0.0044% / 2010 census
Northern Cyprus / 294,906 / December 4, 2011 [1] / 0.0042% / 2011 Census
181 / Barbados / 274,200 / July 1, 2010 / 0.0039% / Official estimate
182 / French Polynesia (France) / 268,270 / August 22, 2012 / 0.0038% / 2012 census
183 / Vanuatu / 258,213 / July 1, 2012 / 0.0037% / Official estimate
184 / New Caledonia (France) / 255,651 / July 1, 2012 / 0.0036% / Official estimate
Abkhazia / 240,705 / February 28, 2011 / 0.0034% / 2011 Census
185 / French Guiana (France) / 229,040 / January 1, 2010 / 0.0032% / Official estimate
186 / Mayotte (France) / 212,600 / August 21, 2012 / 0.003% / 2012 census
187 / Samoa / 187,820 / November 7, 2011 / 0.0027% / 2011 census
188 / São Tomé and Príncipe / 187,356 / May 13, 2012 / 0.0027% / 2012 census
189 / Saint Lucia / 166,526 / May 10, 2010 / 0.0024% / 2010 census
190 / Guam (USA) / 159,358 / April 1, 2010 / 0.0023% / 2010 census
191 / Curaçao (Netherlands) / 149,679 / March 26, 2011 / 0.0021% / 2011 census
Nagorno-Karabakh / 141,400 / January 1, 2010 / 0.002% / 2010 census
192 / United States Virgin Islands (USA) / 106,405 / April 1, 2010 / 0.0015% / 2010 census
193 / Kiribati / 104,573 / July 1, 2012 / 0.0015% / Official estimate
194 / Tonga / 103,981 / July 1, 2012 / 0.0015% / Official estimate
195 / Grenada / 103,328 / May 12, 2011 / 0.0015% / 2011 census
196 / Federated States of Micronesia / 101,823 / 1/, 2012 / 0.0014% / Official estimate
197 / Aruba (Netherlands) / 101,484 / September 29, 2010 / 0.0014% / 2010 census
198 / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / 100,892 / July 1, 2009 / 0.0014% / Official estimate
199 / Jersey (UK) / 97,857 / March 27, 2011 / 0.0014% / 2011 census
200 / Seychelles / 90,945 / August 26, 2010 / 0.0013% / 2010 census
201 / Antigua and Barbuda / 86,295 / May 27, 2011 / 0.0012% / 2011 census
202 / Isle of Man (UK) / 84,497 / March 27, 2011 / 0.0012% / 2011 census
203 / Andorra / 78,115 / July 1, 2011 / 0.0011% / Official estimate
204 / Dominica / 71,293 / May 14, 2011 / 0.001% / 2011 census
205 / Bermuda (UK) / 64,237 / May 20, 2010 / 0.00091% / 2010 census
206 / Guernsey (UK) / 62,431 / March 31, 2010 / 0.00088% / Official estimate
207 / Greenland (Denmark) / 56,840 / July 1, 2012 / 0.0008% / Official estimate
208 / Marshall Islands / 55,548 / July 1, 2012 / 0.00079% / Official estimate
209 / American Samoa (USA) / 55,519 / April 1, 2010 / 0.00079% / 2010 census
210 / Cayman Islands (UK) / 55,456 / October 10, 2010 / 0.00079% / 2010 census
South Ossetia / 55,000 / 2012 / 0.0008% / Estimate
211 / Northern Mariana Islands (USA) / 53,883 / April 1, 2010 / 0.00076% / 2010 census
212 / Saint Kitts and Nevis / 51,970 / July 1, 2009 / 0.00074% / Official estimate
213 / Faroe Islands (Denmark) / 48,139 / November 1, 2012 / 0.00068% / Monthly official estimate
214 / Sint Maarten (Netherlands) / 37,429 / January 1, 2010 / 0.00053% / Official estimate
215 / Saint Martin (France) / 36,824 / January 1, 2009 / 0.00052% / Official estimate
216 / Liechtenstein / 36,476 / December 31, 2011 / 0.00052% / Official estimate
217 / Monaco / 35,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.0005% / UN estimate
218 / San Marino / 32,457 / November 30, 2012 / 0.00046% / Monthly official estimate
219 / Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) / 31,458 / January 25, 2012 / 0.00045% / 2012 census
220 / Gibraltar (UK)[17] / 29,752 / July 1, 2011 / 0.00042% / Official estimate
221 / British Virgin Islands (UK) / 29,537 / July 1, 2010 / 0.00042% / Official estimate
222 / Åland Islands (Finland) / 28,355 / December 31, 2011 / 0.0004% / Official estimate
223 / Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands) / 21,133 / January 1, 2011 / 0.0003% / Official estimate
224 / Palau / 20,770 / July 1, 2012 / 0.00029% / Official estimate
225 / Cook Islands (NZ) / 17,791 / December 1, 2011 / 0.00025% / 2011 census
226 / Anguilla (UK) / 13,452 / May 11, 2011 / 0.00019% / 2011 census
227 / Wallis and Futuna (France) / 13,152 / July 1, 2012 / 0.00019% / Official estimate
228 / Tuvalu / 11,264 / July 1, 2012 / 0.00016% / Official estimate
229 / Nauru / 9,945 / October 30, 2011 / 0.00014% / 2011 census
230 / Saint Barthélemy (France) / 8,902 / January 1, 2009 / 0.00013% / Official estimate
231 / Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) / 6,082 / January 1, 2009 / 0.00006% / Official estimate
232 / Montserrat (UK) / 4,922 / May 12, 2011 / 0.00005% / 2011 census
233 / Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) / 4,000 / July 1, 2012 / 0.00004% / UN estimate
234 / Falkland Islands (UK)[18] / 2,563 / April 15, 2012 / 0.00003% / 2012 census
235 / Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway) / 2,495 / March 1, 2010 / 0.00002% / Official estimate
236 / Norfolk Island (Australia) / 2,302 / August 9, 2011 / 0.00002% / 2011 census
237 / Christmas Island (Australia) / 2,072 / August 9, 2011 / 0.00002% / 2011 census
238 / Niue (NZ) / 1,414 / July 1, 2012 / 0.00001% / Official estimate
239 / Tokelau (NZ) / 1,411 / October 18, 2011 / 0.00001% / 2011 census
240 / Vatican City / 793 / March 1, 2011 / 0.00001% / Official estimate
241 / Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) / 550 / August 9, 2011 / 0.000001% / 2011 census
242 / Pitcairn Islands (UK) / 66 / July 1, 2008 / 0.0000000% / 2008 census

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